Frank Sinatra’s final triumph
‘L. A. Is My Lady’ was released 40 years ago, an album that reunited the singer with a former collaborator, Quincy Jones. It should have been his farewell
The accountant who fooled the Beatles and the Rolling Stones
Allen Klein had a fearsome reputation in the music industry: he detected rigged accounts and attempts to cheat artists. What they didn’t know was that Klein, in the end, was always looking out for himself
1959: The glorious year of jazz
The emergence, 65 years ago, of a generation of ambitious musicians and best-sellers gave new life to a genre that was losing the talent of Billie Holiday and Lester Young
The cost of being a Taylor Swift fan
On how the pop star maintains the illusion of personal contact while a creative team designs every detail we know about her
Brian Jones: the infernal angel of the Rolling Stones
The great showoff of British pop was expelled from the band by his friends
George Michael: the changing man
Formidable as a singer, songwriter and producer, the author of ‘Faith’ ended up being better known for his turbulent life
David Bowie’s musical executor
Diplomatic and discreet, the veteran Tony Visconti, who has just released a compilation of his work, has become a role model of what a flexible producer should look like
Biography of David Koresh, the rocker who wanted to be a messiah
Stephan Talty’s undaunted portrait of the leader of the Davidians joins the list of classic books on Charles Manson, Jim Jones and other apocalyptic cult leaders
Roger Waters’ new wall
The former leader of Pink Floyd leaves a trail of controversy wherever he goes
The Beatles: A kaleidoscopic view
Craig Brown proposes a new type of biography, which leaves out ‘the boring parts’
Johnny Cash’s contradictions
The country singer’s political opinions are still the subject of controversy to the point of triggering demonstrations
How Jann Wenner, co-founder of ‘Rolling Stone’ magazine, fell from grace
The music industry has turned its back on the veteran editor for failing to give Black and women musicians their due in his book ‘The Masters’
Al Aronowitz: The man who lit the fuse
The music journalist made many key cultural moments of the 1960s possible. Then, he disappeared
Robbie Robertson, the musician who wanted to make movies
A contemporary of Bob Dylan, the guitarist was the driving force behind The Band, a group that returned rock to its rural roots
When Mick Jagger became an adult
In 1966, The Rolling Stones played pop and their frontman was getting ready to act as a manager
Tina Turner, the great survivor
A great live performer, the singer evolved from her R&B beginnings with husband Ike to a new sound that highlighted her image as a sensual and empowered woman
Motown’s abuse of its artists
The famous Detroit record label went down in history not only for its wonderful sounds but also for mistreating its musicians and employees
The never-ending Pink Floyd feud
An exchange of tweets has revived the confrontation between Roger Waters and David Gilmour, with serious accusations against the group’s founder
Jeff Beck, the most unusual of guitar heroes
The British musician – who passed away on January 10 – was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame on two occasions, in 1992 and 2009
Mark Lanegan’s memoir: A junkie’s equivalent to porn
How one of grunge’s biggest stars hit rock bottom and, eventually, got back on his feet
Howlin’ Wolf and Muddy Waters: Sitting on top of the world
In the early 1970s, the pioneers of blues and rock and roll began making historic recordings in London. Two albums have just been reissued on vinyl
Tina Turner, caught between two monsters
The singer survived two decades of marriage to a cruel husband and put up with the most megalomaniac of producers, Phil Spector
Rosalía: the accessible yet groundbreaking artist
After departing from her origins in traditional Spanish music, it is undeniable that she is now attempting to sell her raging radicalism
The marvelous soft soul
William “Poogie” Hart, the singer and main composer of the group the Delfonics, died in Philadelphia last week. The Delfonics were the paradigm of the so-called soft soul or sweet soul musical movement. But Hart’s death was not mourned outside his home country
‘Cut the Crap’: The Clash’s fiasco of a swansong
The last album by the British band was a huge flop. Over 30 years later, it has been remixed by a fan and is circulating on social media under the name ‘Mohawk Revenge’
Bigger than his music
Things I learned by traveling to Mexico: never, under any circumstances, even if you are surrounded by hipsters and metal-heads, make fun of Juan Gabriel
Still Rolling
High ticket prices and an ageing line-up are not enough to curb Spaniards’ enthusiasm for the Stones